Document type : Regulation/Certification

Arrêté du 25 octobre 1982 relatif à l’élevage, à la garde et à la détention des animaux, Annexes

French Government

Published in 2000

Réglementation protection animale des animaux présentés en concours, expositions et lieux de vente d’animaux

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Keywords:Pain, Societal issues, Living environment, Fear, Human-animal relationships, Stress

Access the source: Order of October 25, 1982, concerning the breeding, care, and keeping of animals, Annexes

Arrêté du 3 avril 2014 fixant les règles sanitaires et de protection animale auxquelles doivent satisfaire les activités liées aux animaux de compagnie d’espèces domestiques relevant des articles L. 214-6-1, L. 214-6-2 et L. 214-6-3 du code rural et de la pêche maritime

French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2014

Order laying down the animal health and protection rules that must be met in activities involving companion animals from domestic species

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Canines, Felines

Keywords:Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Welfare indicators

Access the source: Order of April 3, 2014, establishing the health and animal welfare rules that must be met by activities involving domestic companion animals covered by Articles L. 214-6-1, L. 214-6-2, and L. 214-6-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fisheries Code

Décret n° 2021-1647 du 14 décembre 2021 précisant les modalités d’application de l’article L. 214-11 du code rural et de la pêche maritime portant interdiction de la mise en production de tout bâtiment nouveau ou réaménagé d’élevage de poules pondeuses élevées en cages

Jean Castex, Julien Denormandie

Published in 2021

Decree clarifying the definition of what constitutes a new or refurbished building, which effectively limits the ban on the keeping of hens in cages to buildings where production capacity is increased. 

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Poultry

Keywords:Societal issues, Housing

Access the source: Decree No. 2021-1647 of December 14, 2021, specifying the rules for implementing Article L. 214-11 of the Rural and Maritime Fisheries Code, which prohibits the commissioning of any new or refurbished facility for the cage-rearing of laying hens

Rapport final d’un audit effectué en France du 25 janvier 2021 au 5 février 2021 en vue d’évaluer les contrôles relatifs au bien-être des animaux au moment de l’abattage et des opérations annexes

DG SANTE

Published in 2021

DG SANTE audit report carried out in France in early 2021, revealing that the effectiveness of official controls in French abattoirs has been significantly improved, as the result of the strengthening of operators' self-monitoring and inspectors' training in particular, but identifying 3 previous recommendations not yet taken into account, and adding two new ones.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Consciousness, Carcass quality, Pain, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Stress

Access the source: Final report of an audit conducted in France from January 25, 2021, to February 5, 2021, to evaluate controls related to animal welfare at the time of slaughter and related operations

Parlement européen : Réponse écrite à la question E-004518/2021 : New Italian ‘animal welfare’ certification and labelling system

Question: Eleonora Evi (Greens/EFA). Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2021

Answer to a question on the relevance of the new Italian "animal welfare national quality system" .

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Keywords: Societal issues, Welfare indicators

Access the source: European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-004518/2021: New Italian “animal welfare” certification and labeling system

LOI n° 2021-1539 du 30 novembre 2021 visant à lutter contre la maltraitance animale et conforter le lien entre les animaux et les hommes

President of the Republic

Published in 2021

Full text of the Animal Abuse Control Act passed on 30 November 2021.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress

Access the source: Act No. 2021-1539 of November 30, 2021, aimed at combating animal abuse and strengthening the bond between animals and humans

Instruction technique DGAL/SDSBEA/2021-900 – Plan de soutien à l’accueil des animaux abandonnés et en fin de vie – volet B (mesure 4 – Axe 2 « Agriculture, alimentation, forêt » du plan de relance)

French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Technical advisory note specifying the practical procedures for opening local calls for projects and for examining the applications received in light of the renewed funding of measure 4B of the French recovery plan "support for local projects run by animal protection associations".

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress

Access the source: Technical Instruction DGAL/SDSBEA/2021-900 – Support Plan for the Care of Abandoned and End-of-Life Animals – Component B (Measure 4 – Priority Area 2 “Agriculture, Food, and Forestry” of the Recovery Plan)

Bien-être animal : Transporter des carcasses plutôt que des animaux vivants

Gediminas Vilkas

Published in 2021

Press release presenting the results of the European Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into the protection of animals during transport. The committee recognised that EU rules on the protection of animals during transport are not always respected and that the welfare needs of animals during transport are not always met. It recommends limiting and better monitoring the export of live animals, developing meat-and-carcass transport and banning the transport of very young animals.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Transport

Access the source: Animal Welfare: Transporting Carcasses Rather Than Live Animals

Loi sur la maltraitance animale : Quand députés et Gouvernement adoptent une loi pour les animalistes, le Sénat votera, lui, une loi pour les animaux

Philippe Péjo

Published in 2021

Press release from the Senate presenting the adoption of the bill to combat animal abuse and stressing that the approved text goes further than the initial government proposal in that it allows publication of advertisements for the sale of animals to take place only on websites previously approved by the ministry that have undertaken to respect the requirements it has laid down.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Consciousness, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress

Access the source: Animal Cruelty Act: While Members of Parliament and the Government Pass a Law for Animal Rights Activists, the Senate Will Pass a Law for Animals

Arrêté du 17 novembre 2021 modifiant l’arrêté du 24 février 2020 modifiant l’arrêté du 16 janvier 2003 établissant les normes minimales relatives à la protection des porcs

French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Decree making the live castration of domestic male pigs for anything other than therapeutic or diagnostic purposes subject to justifications relating to a particular need for the supply of castrated male pig meat as part of a quality and identification of origin label system or to production constraints.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Stress, Livestock farming system

Access the source: Order of November 17, 2021, amending the Order of February 24, 2020, amending the Order of January 16, 2003, establishing minimum standards for the protection of pigs